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JavaScript

Posted by Le Var Range
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Le Var Range
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 18,011 Points

i don't understand the semicolon before the var color can someone explain

function color () {
vsr color = "rgb(" ;
 color += randomRGB() + " , ";

 etc

  etc                + " ) ";

 ``` js

2 Answers

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
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Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,416 Points

In JavaScript the semi-colon marks the end of a statement. while I don't see one before var color the one after it means, "The statement is finished. (create a variable called color and give it an initial value of "rgb(".) What follows is a new statement."

Le Var Range
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Le Var Range
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 18,011 Points
Le Var Range
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Le Var Range
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 18,011 Points

i c .. i didn't understand

function color () { var color = "rgb(" ;

so kinda like css , but instead "property( " ; ?

the semicolon plays the colon in css kinda ?

i saw this kinda syntax before in books but I don't c very often.. why is this .. or is it just me?